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Braun's First Bill: Bipartisan Effort To Not Pay Congress During Shutdowns

The 'No Budget, No Pay' bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), would prevent members of Congress from receiving pay during a government shutdown.urlgovernment shutdown, Mike Braun, "No Budget, No Pay" bill2019-01-09T00:00:00-05:00

Vice President Mike Pence (right) swears in Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) to his first term in Congress.

Sen. Mike Braun via Twitter

Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced his first bill Tuesday after being sworn in for his first term last week.

The "No Budget, No Pay" bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), would prevent members of Congress from receiving pay during a government shutdown.

Braun spoke about the bill on Fox News, saying no one should get paid for not doing their job.

"If you don't have a budget in place by the end of the fiscal year, beginning of the new one, no one in [Congress] gets a pay check," Braun said on Fox. "It's not like that's a hard bar to adhere to. You've got a year to work on it, and that should be plenty of time to get a budget out in regular order."

"I'm a Main Street entrepreneur, and if you ran your budget in a business like Congress does with the federal government's, you'd be out of a job quickly."https://t.co/cTGz2bVts7